DAPHNE, Ala. — Roman Street, the dynamic jazz guitar ensemble whose members were born and raised in the area, will perform 6-9 p.m. April 10 at the Blue Gill Restaurant on the Causeway.

The performance will be a fundraiser for Bay Rivers Art Guild and will include live and silent auctions. Tickets are $10 and are available at the office at 1704 6th St. in the old jail behind Daphne City Hall. Call 251-621-0659 or visit the Web: www.bragart.org.

Anyone who wishes to donate an auction item for the event — such as artwork, dinners for two, or goodie baskets — should call Marilyn Ammons at 251-626-9188. The organization needs items large and small in value for both auctions.

Writer to discuss ‘The Ethical Audience’

MOBILE, Ala. — AuthorThomas Lakeman will discuss “The Ethical Audience: Seven Unwritten Commandments of American Cinema” in a program sponsored by the Friends of Spring Hill College Library at 7 p.m. March 1 in Spring Hill College’s Gautrelet Room.

A reception will be held after the talk. Copies of Lakeman’s novel “Broken Wing” will be available for purchase and signing. Admission is $5. Information, call 251-690-1242.

Students ‘locked in’ at Wiregrass Museum

DOTHAN, Ala. — Wiregrass Museum of Art “locked in” 36 high school students Feb. 26 as part of a project to create artwork and enhance teamwork and problem solving skills.

Project Installation gives six different high school teams 24 hours, a $100 bank debit card, an art mentor, a topic (example: global warming) and a location within the museum to create an art installation.

The concept is based on reality television to where the teams race to create art and compete to win $500 grant for their high school art programs courtesy of Friend Bank. Teams were selected by the panel of art mentors based on teacher recommendations and their application of 24 words or fewer. Competing schools were Dothan, Northview, Abbeville, Rehobeth, Carroll and Geneva High.

“The goal of Project Installation is for teenagers to learn leadership and team working skills along with helping them learn about the inner workings of an art museum,” said Deidre Frith, director of community relations. “By pairing them with an art mentor, we’re connecting generations through art while teaching them necessary life skills such as working together and problem solving.”

The six installations will be on exhibit March 2-27 during Youth Art Month at the Wiregrass Museum. An opening reception will be 5-7 p.m. March 2. The winning team and merit awards will be announced at 6 p.m.

Project Installation is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Friend Bank. The Wiregrass Museum is at 126 Museum Ave. in downtown Dothan. Admission is free. Information, 334-794-3871 or Web: www.wiregrassmuseum.org.

Ogden presents artist Bo Bartlett

NEW ORLEANS — The Ogden Museum of Southern Art at the University of New Orleans will present artist Bo Bartlett for an “Artist’s Evening” from 6 until 8 p.m. March 12.

Bartlett’s exhibition, “Bo Bartlett: Paintings 1984-2000,” is on view through March 28 at the Ogden, 925 Camp St. in the Warehouse District.

Bartlett, a native of Columbus, Ga., is one of the leaders of the New American Realist movement. In the tradition of Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth, of whom he was protégé, Bartlett’s large canvases capture the spirit and beauty of the everyday and the extraordinary, often with a hint of mystery and fantasy.

He directed the film “Snow Hill,” a biography of Andrew Wyeth, in collaboration with Wyeth’s widow, Betsy.

For the March 12 event, Bartlett will screen images of his paintings while discussing his influences and evolution of his work. Admission is free to Ogden members, $10 for non-members. Information, 504-539-9616 or visit the Web: www.ogdenmuseum.org.

MOBILE, Ala. — Eric H. Walther, Ph.D., professor of history at the University of Houston, will deliver a lecture titled “William Lowndes Yancey, the Conventions of 1860 and the Coming of the Civil War” at 7 p.m. March 11 in Moorer Auditorium on the University of Mobile campus.

Walther’s appearance is part of the University of Mobile’s Billy G. Hinson Lecture Series. The evening also includes a reception and book signing. Admission is free and open to the public.

Lonnie Burnett, Ph.D., professor of history at UM and director of the lecture series, said this is the first in a series of programs designed to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. Walther’s presentation will examine the role of secessionist William L. Yancey in Alabama politics prior to the presidential election of 1860 and the subsequent secessionist movement.

Walther, who received his doctorate from Louisiana State University, is the author of four books and numerous articles dealing with 19th-century Southern politics.

His most recent work, “William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War,” won the James A. Rawley Award given by the Southern Historical Association. The book also earned the Jefferson Davis and Douglas Southall Freeman awards. Walther has spoken at events and presented papers across the country.

The Hinson Lecture Series was established by the University of Mobile College of Arts and Sciences to present scholarly programs dealing with state and local historical topics. The series is named in honor of Dr. Billy Hinson, long-time history professor at the university.

The event is co-sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Information, call 251-442-2319.

The gallery is seeking artwork that explores or otherwise incorporates numbers. Juror is Thomas Asmuth, who creates new media art using science and technology. He exhibited solo projects and collaborations internationally including California, New York and Germany. Asmuth is the visiting Professor in Digital Media at the University of West Florida.

Artists may drop off work at Artel from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. March 6 and 1-4 p.m. March 7. Each member may submit up to three works in any media. Non-refundable entry fee is $25 for members, $35 for non-members.

This show will remain on view March 9 through April 16. Information, a detailed call for entries or check-in forms, call 850-432-3080 or visit www.artelgallery.